Improvement in removing paper collars, cards



UNITED STATES- ATENT EEICE.

TEMPLE TEBBETTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN REMOVING PAPER COLLARS, CARDS, do., FROM THE PRINTING 0REMBOSSING PRESS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,514, dated October 17,1865.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TEMPLE TEBBE'r'rs, of' New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inremoving arrangements for removing paper collars, cards, andotherarticles from the carriage or platen of t-he machine or press afterthey have been stamped, ernbossed, or printed; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters ofreference thereon, all of which form a part of this speciiication, thesame letter of reference always designating the same object or part ot'machine in all the figures.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an embossing-presswith removing arrangement attached to the carriage or sliding platen.Fig. 2 is a plan of the table and carria ge with the removingarrangement in-a position of having just received the article to beembossed or printed. Fig. 3 is a plan of the table and carriage with theremoving arra-ngement in a position where the collar, card, or otherarticle which has been printed, embossed, or stamped is just beingremoved,

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and operation ofa removing arrangement to be attached to embossing-presses or otherpresses and machines where it would be dangerous to remove the articlesby hand after'they have received an impression.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I shallnow describe its construction and operation.

To the carriage or sliding platen A of an embossing-press constructed inthe usual manner, or other machine, I attach a lever, u., swiveling itat 7c, so that the outer arm toward the standard of the press shall beshort and the opposite arm be long, and to this I attach a sliding pieceor plunger, I), at or near the center ot' the carriage A. This plungerb, I let pass through a gage, c. rlhe short arm of the lever a., Iprovide at the end with a catch, d, and a knuckle, e, as shown in thedrawings. I also provide a spring,f, which is to keep the lever a in itsoriginal position against a stop, g.

To the standard of the machine I attach a spring-stud, e', in suchV aposition that the catch d will strike against the end of the spring-studn 'Il u t when the carriage moves in the direction asshownbythearrowinFig.3. Inthefrontofthe machine or press, where theoperator stands, I affix a guard-board, 7L, which is to be somewhathigher than the upper side of the carriage A. Between the guard-boardhand the carriage A, I provide an opening, G, in the table on which themachine is standing.

I shall give no further explanation about the embossing-machine, as itis represented here only for the purpose of showing the operation of theremoving arrangement, which I shall now proceed to explain.

Operation: After the article D which is to be embossed has been laidupon the carriage or platen A, Fig. 2, against the gage c, Fig. 2, thecarriage then moves in the direction ot' the arrow, Fig. 2, and bringsthe article which is to be embossed or printed in a proper positionunder the stamp or die E, as shown in Fig. l, (where the article isbeing printed, stamped, or embossed.) During this motion ot the carriagethe catch d presses the spring-studi outward, while the lever a is heldin its position by the springf and stop g. sion has` been given themotion ofthe carriage or platen A in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3,causes the catch d to be brought in contact with the end of thespring-stud i, and thusby projecting the plunger b suddenly forward bymeans of the long arm of the lever a the article is thrown from thecarriage or platen A, Fig. 3, against the guard board h, and then dropsthrough the opening G of the table into a receptacle placed underneaththe table. The receptacle is not shown in the drawings.) In Fig. 3 thearticle D is represented in the act of passing from the carriageaga-inst the guardboard h. After the plunger b has been projected bymeans of the catch d coming in contact with the end ofthe spring-stud t'the knuckle e presses the spring-stud 'i outward, and thus relieves thecatch d from the spring-stud t', and causes the lever a, with theplunger b, to assume its original position, when the carriage or platenA is brought forward to receive the next article to be printed,embossed, or stamped.

The collar or card is placed upon the platen by hand, and after havingreceived an impression it had to be removed by hand and piled up on thetable, requiring much haste (unless the machine moved very slowly) inorder to After the impreshave the next collar or card readyupon theplaten for the next impression. rlhis hasty movement is very unfavorablefor placing the article upon the platen so as to receive a perfectimpression; and what is of more importance the lingers of the operatorare in danger l of being cut off. More than fort-y ngers have been cutin one establishment, (of which l have had the care,) and some of themwere eutbadly. Now, the advantages of this little arrangement are verygreat. The speed ot' the machine may be greatlyincreased, and still theoperator, having to make but one motion instead of three,

y will have ample time to adjust the article on the platen so accuratelythat the impressions on all the collars or cards will be perfectlyalike,

producing a uniformityT not easily obtained otherwise. In fact, a muchlarger amount of work may be done in a day with a far greater degree ot'accuracy and almost perfect safety t0 the fingers ofthe operator.

stud t' or its equivalent, operating substantially as described, for thepurpose specified.

2. The combination ofthe catch d and knuckle e with the spring-studi,for the purpose as herein set forth.

3. The guard-board h, in combination with y a projecting lever, ct, orits equivalent, and in combination with this the opening iu the table,C, for the purpose as herein fully described.

TEMPLE TEBBEfrTs.

Witnesses:

F. O. DEGENER, S. MAYER.

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